ORGANIZING A MARCH ON WASHINGTON FOR NEXT YEAR WORK TO RESTORE THE HISTORIC CLOCK ON BIDDEFORD CITY HALL IS COMPLETE.. AND TODAY, THE CITY IS CELEBRATING. THE CENTURY OLD CLOCK UNVEILED EARLIER THIS MORNING.. AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN DECADES -- IT NOW TELLS TIME CORRECTLY.. THROUGHOUT THE DAY,, FOLKS ARE GETTING THE CHANCE TO TOUR THE CLOCK,,, THE WORK WAS COMPLETED THANKS TO A 150 THOUSAND DOLLAR GRANT.. <DELILAH POUPORE é HEART OF BIDDEFORD DIRECTOR 12;10;14;26 "IT'S AMAZING TO LOOK UP AND HAVE ALL THE CLOCKS SAYING THE SAME TIME. THAT'S MY FIRST TIME SINCE LIVING HERE THAT I'VE SEEN THAT AND THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL." 12;10;21;09 > CITY LEADERS SAY THE

The historic clock in the tower at Biddeford City Hall is telling time once again after being refurbished.Balzer Family Clock Works restored the clock after the city received a $150,000 grant.The City Hall clock was originally installed in the tower in the early 1900s as a weight-driven, pendulum-regulated and completely mechanical operating timepiece.Around the 1960s, some of the mechanical components were removed and electric motors were installed to drive the remaining mechanical components for the time function and to ring the bell.A large portion of the restoration work was to convert the electrified mechanical timepieces back to their fully mechanical operation as they were originally designed.Many of the original mechanical components, including the pulleys, weights and pendulum bob, were missing and had to be replaced.The Balzers also installed an automatic winding system for the weights so that staff will not have to manually wind the clock.

BIDDEFORD, Maine —

The historic clock in the tower at Biddeford City Hall is telling time once again after being refurbished.

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Balzer Family Clock Works restored the clock after the city received a $150,000 grant.

The City Hall clock was originally installed in the tower in the early 1900s as a weight-driven, pendulum-regulated and completely mechanical operating timepiece.

Around the 1960s, some of the mechanical components were removed and electric motors were installed to drive the remaining mechanical components for the time function and to ring the bell.

A large portion of the restoration work was to convert the electrified mechanical timepieces back to their fully mechanical operation as they were originally designed.

Many of the original mechanical components, including the pulleys, weights and pendulum bob, were missing and had to be replaced.

The Balzers also installed an automatic winding system for the weights so that staff will not have to manually wind the clock.